Growing research has found that chronic stress puts your body in “fight-or-flight” mode, which overtime creates conditions where tumors can grow.
One rainy afternoon in Taiwan, an older couple in fragile health arrived at a traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) clinic.
The husband, paralyzed from a recent stroke, sat slumped in a wheelchair while his wife pushed him with trembling hands. Six months earlier, the couple had lost more than 40 million Taiwan dollars—about $1.4 million—to fraud. The financial blow sent the husband into a downward spiral that ended in a stroke. His wife, overwhelmed by caregiving and despair, could barely eat or sleep.
